McDavid and Brown gets 2 assists each and Oilers top Utah 4-1 [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period, Connor McDavid and Connor Brown each had a pair of assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Mattias Ekholm, Troy Stecher and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won eight of their last 11 and 12 of their last 16. Stuart Skinner was made 26 stops in net for the Oilers.

Jack McBain scored for Utah, which has now lost five straight. Leading scorer Clayton Keller was a late scratch.

Rookie goalie Jaxson Stauber made 34 saves.

Takeaways

Utah: Logan Cooley picked up an assist to give him points in eight of his last nine games and 15 of his last 18. It also extended his road point streak to 11 games, the longest active road point streak in the NHL.

Oilers: With his two assists, McDavid extended his …